Product Description

Trials of the Warmland is the second book of the Feral World, a world set in Fifty-First Century America, three thousand years after the asteroid Apophis struck the Earth and destroyed all technology, cities and civilization. Humanity now lives in harmony with the Earth, with only stone-age tools and the rubble left behind by a long-gone age. Gaddy Bergmann continues the odyssey of Blake and friends, the last remnants of the Kamishi tribe. They have reached the Warmland, but now they find that the Warmland is not the paradise they thought, and making it their home is not easy. There is no respite from danger, and now a new adversary, the Lunari - descendants of those few who escaped the apocalypse by colonizing the moon - have returned to Earth with ideas of their own.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #568585 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 312 pages

Customer Reviews

Publisher's Insight
When Gaddy Bergmann first presented his manuscript to Flying Pen Press for Migration of the Kamishi, it was incredibly long, about 200,000 words. There was enough for two great books, and working together, Bergmann and I discovered that the best place to split the story was almost exactly in half, that in fact, the plot pretty much changed at this point and bacame a second book naturally.

Blake, Manosh and Lana are the last surviving members of the Kamishi tribe, who live in Fifty-First Century America, 3,000 years after the asteroid Apohis crashed into the Earth and wiped out all civilization. But the Feral World is not your typical post-apocalyptic world. It is a world of hope and wisdom gleaned from our knowledge of what we have done to our world. After Apophis crashed on Earth, the few survivors, after several generations of recovery, created a new society, one based on self-sufficiency and an abhorrence of managing the Earth's resources, a response to the global warming and pollution that plagued the people of the "Old Days."

In Migration of the Kamishi, Blake and Manosh are the last remaining tribesmen of the Kamishi tribe, after a neighboring, warring tribe massacres their nomadic village in the South Dakota Badlands. They flee to cross the continent, south to the legendary Warmland where it never snows and life is easy. Along the way, they encounter Lana, a tribeless woman who fends for herself in one of the decaying Rubbletowns -- former cities that have decayed over three millennia. They face many dangers, and finally reach the Warmland.

In Trials of the Warmland, the second part of this story, Blake and his friends roam through the Warmland, only to find that it's still a dangerous place, far from paradise. Death is always nearby, and added to the usual dangers and constant struggle for survival, the Lunari appear. The Lunari are descendants of those who escaped the Apohis crash by forming a colony on the Moon. Now they have returned to Earth, their intentions unknown, and the small Kamishi tribe must face this new danger.

Just as in Migration of the Kamishi, Bergmann's love for animals is the driving force in his second novel. Bergmann is not preaching about the ills of the world of today. Rather, he is fascinated by how wildlife might develop and migrate given the chance to roam without interference by Man. Bergmann is an accomplished biologist with a degree in zoology. He carefully presents a world that comes alive with feral creatures, where natural patterns of predation, migration and procreation are allowed to go unchecked.

Ultimately, what compelled me to publish the Feral World books is the way Bergmann presents his future society. That society has no technology, but has knowledge of what technology once did to the world and now chooses to avoid that technology as a matter of religious belief. In this second part of the story, the society of harmonic self-sufficiency collides with the world of advanced technology, and both worlds are changed.

Through it all, this is a tale of adventure. The Warmland is dangerous, and settling into the Warmland -- already populated by xenophobic tribes that resist incursions -- is not easy.

Flying Pen Press is proud to present Trials of the Warmland to the public as the first of its books for 2008 and the second of Bergmann's exciting novels. We look forward to publishing the third novel in the Feral World series -- Riders of the Mapinguari -- later this year.

Another Winner!
I loved this book even more than the first one. It had edge of your seat excitement right from the beginning. I really liked the development of the main characters, and once again, I was in awe of the detailed knowledge of all the animals and how beautifully descriptive the writing is. This book was hard to put down. The only bad thing is I have to wait until May for the next one.